2018 LBA Finals
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Dates | June 5–11, 2015 | |||||||||
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The 2018 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2017–18 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile,[1] the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The second placed EA7 Emporio Armani Milano possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Mediolanum Forum) and the 5th placed Dolomiti Energia Trento contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from June 5 to June 15, 2018. These were the second Finals for Trento[2] and the 18th for Milano.[3]
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 28th title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.[4]
Andrew Goudelock of the EA7 Emporio Armani Milano was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.[5]
Road to the finals
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Defeated the 7th seeded Red October Cantù, 3-0 | Quarterfinals | Defeated the 4th seeded Sidigas Avellino, 3-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defeated the 3rd seeded Germani Basket Brescia, 3-1 | Semifinals | Defeated the 1st seeded Umana Reyer Venezia, 3-1 |
23 September 2017 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 74–65 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Forlì | |
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17:30 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 19–14, 20–14, 15–21 | ||||
Eurosport | Pts: Goudelock 24 Rebs: Gudaitis 10 Asts: Theodore 6 PIR: Goudelock 20 | Boxscore | Pts: Behanan 13 Rebs: Sutton 7 Asts: Forray 5 PIR: Behanan 19 | Arena: Unieuro Arena Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni |
Regular season series
11 November 2017 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 55–74 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Trento | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 10–15, 10–20, 11–18 | ||||
Eurosport | Pts: Behanan 17 Rebs: Behanan 7 Asts: Sutton 3 PIR: Forray 14 | Boxscore | Pts: Theodore 18 Rebs: Cusin 7 Asts: Goudelock 2 PIR: Cusin 13 | Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Roberto Begnis, Luca Weidmann, Christian Borgo |
17 March 2018 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 88–80 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Assago | |
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18:00 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 20–16, 23–25, 27–19 | ||||
Eurosport | Pts: Micov 28 Rebs: Gudaitis 8 Asts: Cinciarini 5 PIR: Micov 30 | Boxscore | Pts: Flaccadori 16 Rebs: Shields 10 Asts: Shields 7 PIR: Gomes 16 | Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Roberto Begnis, Alessandro Martolini, Andrea Bongiorni |
Series
Game 1
5 June 2018 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 98–85 (Series: 1–0) | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Assago | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 32–22, 23–18, 28–33 | ||||
Eurosport Rai Sport | Pts: Goudelock 26 Rebs: Tarczewski 9 Asts: Micov, Cinciarini 5 PIR: Tarczewski 27 | Boxscore | Pts: Shields 31 Rebs: Sutton 7 Asts: Shields 5 PIR: Shields 31 | Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Enrico Sabetta, Saverio Lanzarini, Emanuele Aronne |
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Game 2
7 June 2018 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 90–80 (Series: 2–0) | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Assago | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 30–18, 14–14, 19–19 | ||||
Eurosport Rai Sport | Pts: Jerrells 27 Rebs: Gudaitis 9 Asts: Micov 3 PIR: Jerrells 24 | Boxscore | Pts: Gomes 18 Rebs: Sutton 6 Asts: Shields 5 PIR: Gomes 21 | Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Roberto Begnis, Tolga Sahin, Gianluca Sardella |
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Game 3
9 June 2018 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 72–65 (Series: 1–2) | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Trento | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 18–14, 23–17, 14–17 | ||||
Eurosport Rai Sport | Pts: Sutton 19 Rebs: three players 10 Asts: Shields 6 PIR: Hogue 25 | Boxscore | Pts: Jerrells, Bertāns 13 Rebs: Micov 9 Asts: Cinciarini 5 PIR: Gudaitis 11 | Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Manuel Mazzoni, Michele Rossi |
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Game 4
11 June 2018 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 77–74 (Series: 2–2) | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Trento | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 18–21, 23–21, 25–19 | ||||
Eurosport Rai Sport | Pts: Shields 31 Rebs: Shields 8 Asts: Forray 5 PIR: Shields 39 | Boxscore | Pts: Goudelock 14 Rebs: Gudaitis 6 Asts: Micov 4 PIR: Micov 15 | Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Dino Seghetti, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Alessandro Martolini |
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Game 5
13 June 2018 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 91–90 (Series: 3–2) | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Assago | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 31–22, 17–28, 23–16, 20–24 | ||||
Eurosport Rai Sport | Pts: Gudaitis, Kuzminskas 19 Rebs: Gudaitis, Tarczewski 6 Asts: Micov 7 PIR: Gudaitis 28 | Boxscore | Pts: Shields 27 Rebs: Hogue 9 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Hogue, Shields 23 | Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Manuel Mazzoni, Mark Bartoli |
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Game 6
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano returned to the Italian throne on Friday night. In Game 6 of the Italian League playoff finals, Milan dominated to defeated Dolomiti Energia Trento 71-96 to claim the series 4-2 and become the Italian champion for the 28th time in club history. This is also third league title in the last five years for Milan which took control of this game from the start. Vladimir Micov and Mindaugas Kuzminskas hit triple and Artūras Gudaitis had a pair of dunks in a 1-10 first-quarter run that helped Milan to a 20-25 lead after 10 minutes, before a pair of triples from Dairis Bertāns, one from Andrew Goudelock, and baskets from Gudaitis and Curtis Jerrells opened 23-42 margin early in the second quarter. The visitors went into halftime with a 15-point lead, and never relinquished it. Trento got within 50-57 midway through the third, but Milan entered the final period with a 56-66 lead, before Goudelock, Bertāns and Kuzminskas each hit once from downtown in the first 2 minutes of the fourth, restoring a 15-point lead and Milan cruised the rest of the way. Milan had a balanced attack with six scorers in double figures. Goudelock finished with 21 points, Kuzminskas and Bertāns netted 15 apiece, and Gudaitis collected 14 points and 9 rebounds. Dominique Sutton scored 15 for Trento, and Shavon Shields and Toto Forray each scored 14 in the losing effort.[6]
15 June 2018 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 71–96 (Series: 2–4) | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Trento | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 13–23, 23–18, 15–30 | ||||
Eurosport Rai Sport | Pts: Sutton 15 Rebs: Gomes, Hogue 7 Asts: Sutton, Forray 2 PIR: Forray 19 | Boxscore | Pts: Goudelock 21 Rebs: Gudaitis 9 Asts: Jerrells 6 PIR: Goudelock 24 | Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Carmelo Paternoco', Roberto Begnis, Lorenzo Baldini |
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References
- ^ "Basket, PosteMobile nuovo title sponsor della Lega di Serie A" [Basketball, PosteMobile new title sponsor of Lega Basket Serie A]. calcioefinanza.it (in Italian). 16 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Dolomiti Energia, seconda finale consecutiva" [Dolomiti Energia, second consecutive final]. sportando.basketball (in Italian). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "EA7 Emporio Armani, diciottesima finale playoff nel segno di Kuzminskas: per il lituano in gara4 miglior prova italiana per punti, valutazione, percentuale di tiro e triple" [EA7 Emporio Armani, eighteenth playoff final in the sign of Kuzminskas: game 4 was the best Italian performance for the Lithuanian for points, evaluation, percentage of shooting and triple]. legabasket.it (in Italian). 31 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Domestic leagues roundup: June 15, 2018". euroleague.net. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Andrew Goudelock è l'MVP delle LBA Finals 2018" [Andrew Goudelock is 2018 LBA Finals MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Domestic leagues roundup: June 15, 2018
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